Opinion

Natural Resource Fund Bill

On January 3rd  –  just hours after the Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Barton Scotland had declined to revisit the December 21, 2018  motion of no-confidence that resulted in the defeat of the APNU+AFC government, the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Bill 2018 was passed after being presented for second and third reading by the Minister of Finance Winston Jordan.

On the raucous behavior in parliament

Dear Editor, The letter from an opposition MP in which he berated the MPs of the ruling side for their sometimes raucous behaviour and conduct in the hallowed Chamber has me thinking that this is a case of the pot calling the kettle black or people living in glass houses should not throw stones.

Cultural institutions

The problem with Guyana – and this applies to many developing countries – is that the things which really matter in terms of the definition of a country and its identity over an extended timeframe, have to compete for limited funding with what are deemed to be urgent needs.

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